De La Salle senior Austin Hooper scored a first-quarter touchdown in the Spartans' 52-7 win over James Logan in the North Coast Section Division I championship game Saturday in Dublin.

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De La Salle Austin Hooper (18) is congratulated by Jack Oswald (61) after he caught a touchdown pass against Logan high school in the NCS Division 1 title game Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, in Dublin high school in Dublin California.

De La Salle Andrew Buckley (22) celebrates his touchdown catch in the fourth quarter with his teammates during their game with Logan High School for the NCS Division 1 title Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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De La Salle (47) intercepts a Logan pass in the second quarter of ftheir NCS Division 1 title game Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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De La Salle Tiapepe Vitale runs for a first down against Logan High School during their NCS Division 1 title game Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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De La Salle Kamron Akukoro dances into the end zone for a fourth quarter touchdown against Logan High School for the NCS Division 1 title Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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De La Salle Michael Hutchings carries the ball in the red-zone late in the second quarter against Logan High School in the NCS Division 1 title game Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, played at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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De La Salle Anthony Talaugon runs for a first down against Logan High School during the NCS Division 1 title game Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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De La Salle players celebrate their victory over Logan High School for the NCS Division 1 title Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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De La Salle players line up to greet Logan High School players after De La Salle won the NCS Division 1 title Saturday Dec. 1, 2012, at Dublin High School in Dublin, California.

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Logan's Damond Beasley is stopped in the end zone for a De La Salle safety in the fourth quarter of the Spartans' NCS title win.

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Many sincerely believed that Saturday's North Coast Section Division I championship game would finally be a day of reckoning for De La Salle's football team.

Instead it was Groundhog Day: De La Salle-Concord 52, James Logan-Union City 7 at Dublin High.

Behind four touchdown passes from Chris Williams and four interceptions by their defense, one returned for a touchdown by Cal-bound Victor Egu, the Spartans did what they seem to do best when it counts most: dominate.

Williams completed touchdown passes of 37 and 44 yards to Andrew Buckley (six catches, 132 yards) and 10 and 3 yards to Austin Hooper, and the defense did the rest as the Spartans (13-0) won their 21st straight NCS title, 24th in 25 years and 28th in the last 31. Pepe Vitale added 23 carries for 100 yards and a touchdown for the Spartans, who extended their unbeaten streak against Northern California opponents to 235 games.

This against a team that had outscored its seven foes since a midseason loss to Del Oro-Loomis 353-39. The De La Salle coaching staff compared Logan (12-2) to many of the top Southern California opponents it has faced over the years and called Logan the best team it had played in an NCS finals since perhaps the 1990s.

"I can definitely say this was our best game of the year," De La Salle coach Bob Ladouceur said. "At this time of the year, you need to be balanced and we were today. Our play-action really helped our passing game."

The past two seasons, the Spartans have won CIF State Open Division bowl games by a combined score of 83-8.

De La Salle will no doubt be selected Sunday into the first regional championship Open Division game next week, probably against Folsom High. De La Salle took advantage of a failed fake punt by Logan and an interception to take a 14-0 lead late in the first quarter.

Two plays after the fake punt play fell short, Williams connected with Buckley on a 45-yard touchdown down the middle of the field. Then, after Jeffrey Prothro was intercepted for only the second time all year - by linebacker D.J. Moffitt - Williams (8-of-11, 145 yards) evaded pressure to complete 10-yard touchdown to Hooper.

In a driving rain, De La Salle looked as if it was going to put it away, driving inside the Logan 10 on its next possession, but Ryan Bua stripped Williams.

On 3rd-and-14, Prothro escaped a big rush in the end zone and completed a 46-yard pass to Ahki Muhammad. Four plays later, Warren Miles Long (18 carries, 131 yards) darted up field, then around the left edge on a 38-yard touchdown and Logan was down 14-7 with 6:56 left in the half.

De La Salle then got its running game in gear. It traveled 61 yards in 12 plays, capped with Williams 3-yard TD to Hooper.

North Coast Section, Div. III

Marin Catholic-Kentfield 31, El Cerrito 28:

At Pinole Valley High, Chris Hill drilled a 27-yard field goal with 13.1 seconds left to lift Marin Catholic (13-1) to the win over El Cerrito (13-1). ... Hill's field goal was set up by Jared Lazor's interception with 2:09 remaining. ... It was the second interception thrown by Keilan Benjamin, who had 124 yards passing and 136 yards rushing while accounting for three scores. ... Cal-bound quarterback Jared Goff had an off night passing (7-of-19, 108 yards), but he ran for 79 yards, including a 30-yard TD. ... Other standouts for Marin Catholic were Akili Terry (125 rushing yards, TD) and Andrew Cellis (TD runs of 3 and 65 yards).

St. Francis 17, Los Gatos 0:

In the Division II championship at Westmont High in Campbell, St. Francis got all of the scoring in the second half behind quarterback Mike Lauck, who threw for 115 yards and rushed for 69. ... St. Francis (8-5) won its 15th CCS title.

Valley Christian 51, Aptos 20:

At Independence High in San Jose, Jay MacIntyre, son of San Jose State coach Mike MacIntyre, had touchdown throws of 14, 34 and 17 yards as Division III No. 3 seed Valley Christian (7-6) had little trouble with Aptos (10-3), which was led by Elijah Marta (23 carries, 137 yards). ... MacIntyre also returned a fumble 45 yards for a touchdown and intercepted a pass in the end zone. ... Sophomore running back Kirk Johnson carried just seven times but for 179 yards and touchdowns of 68 and 74 yards.

San Benito-Hollister 35, Milpitas 28:

San Benito (8-5), the 6th seed in Division I, won its sixth CCS crown with a victory over the top seed at Independence High. ... Milpitas finished 9-4.

Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton 13, Menlo School-Atherton 7:

At Terra Nova-Pacifica, Kevin Donahoe scored on an 11-yard run, capping a 73-yard drive in the fourth quarter to give Sacred Heart Prep (12-1) the Division IV title. ... An interception by Jack Del Santo clinched the victory with 1:14 left. ... Menlo (10-3) took a 7-0 lead on an 8-yard pass from Jack Heneghan to Matt Bradley in the second quarter.